Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician who serves as a senior US Senator for Utah who has been a temporary President of the United States Senate since 2015. After becoming a Senator since 1977, Hatch is the longest serving Republican Senator in US history. He is also one of the two remaining members of the Senate Republic, along with Chuck Grassley, who has served during Jimmy Carter's presidency.
Hatch served as chairman or minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee rankings from 1993 to 2005. He previously served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions from 1981 to 1987 and currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and serves on the board of directors for United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
After Republicans won Senate control during midterms 2014, Hatch became President of the Senate pro tempore on January 6, 2015, after the United States Congress 114 was sworn in. In 2018, Hatch announced that he would retire in the end. from his seventh in the Senate, in January 2019.
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Early life and education
Orrin Grant Hatch was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Jesse Hatch (1904-1992), a metal foam, and his wife, Helen Frances Hatch ( nÃÆ' Â © e Kamm; 1906-1995). Hatch had eight brothers and sisters, two of whom did not survive. Hatch was heavily influenced by the loss of his older brother Jesse, an Air Force Air Force spear shooter with 725th Bomb Squadron who was killed on 7 February 1945 when the B-24 he captured was shot down over Austria.
Hatch, who grew up in poverty, was the first in his family to attend college; he attended Brigham Young University and received a B.A. a title in history in 1959. He also fought 11 times as an amateur boxer. In 1962, Hatch received his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh Law School. Hatch had stated that during law school, he and his young family lived in a refurbished chicken coop behind his parents' home. Hatch worked as a lawyer in Pittsburgh, and moved to Utah in 1969, where he continued to practice law.
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Political campaign
In 1976, on his first trip to public office, Hatch was elected to the United States Senate, defeating Democrat Frank Moss, a three-term petahana. Among other issues, Hatch criticized the ownership of Moss for 18 years in the Senate, saying "What do you call the senator in office for 18 years? You call him home." Hatch ran on a deadline and argued that many Senators, including Moss, had lost touch with their constituents.
In 1982, he won re-election for a second term, defeating Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson with 17 points. He has not faced substantive opposition ever since, and has been re-elected five more times, including beating Brian Moss, son of Frank Moss, with 35 points in 1988.
2000 presidential campaign
In 2000, Hatch made a failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination, losing to then-current governor George W. Bush. During the first Republican debate, Hatch made the web usable as a campaign issue, the first for a presidential candidate. He claims his site is more user-friendly than Bush. At least one web usability expert agrees.
2012 Senate Election
After the defeat of Utah Senator Bob Bennett in 2010, the allegations began whether the six-term Senator Hatching would retire. It was also speculated that Congressman Jason Chaffetz would fight Hatch, although Chaffetz would later refuse. In January 2011, Hatch announced his campaign for re-election. Later, nine other Republican members, including former State Senator Dan Liljenquist and then State Legislator Chris Herrod, announced a campaign for the US Senator.
After selecting a state delegation in mid-March, both Democrats and Republicans held a convention on 21 April, with the possibility of determining their candidate for the November election. At the Republican convention, Hatch failed to get the 60% vote required for Republican nomination, so he faced Liljenquist (second place winner) on June 26th primer. Hatch won primary with ease. It was Hatch's first primary competition since his election in 1976. The Democratic Convention chose former State Senator and IBM executive Scott Howell as a Democratic candidate. Hatch eventually retained his position with 65.2% of the vote for Howell 30.2%.
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In 2007, Hatch became the longest US Senator in Utah history, beating previous record holder Reed Smoot. He was among the first to move conservative Christians and Mormons into the Republican Party, especially on the anti-abortion platform, which he has supported for 35 years.
Hatch has long expressed interest in serving in the United States Supreme Court. It was reported that he was on the short list of candidates Ronald Reagan to replace Lewis F. Powell Jr. in the Supreme Court, but partially endorsed by Unqualified Lawsuit. Nonetheless, he supported Robert Bork, who was chosen instead. After the nomination of Bork and Douglas H. Ginsburg to a choked seat, Anthony Kennedy was confirmed to fill the void. Hatch is also mentioned as a possible candidate after George W. Bush became president. After the appointment of John Roberts and Samuel Alito, the possibility of appointment becomes impossible. Hatch's advanced age now makes him a highly unlikely Supreme Court candidate. However, after the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has suggested him as a nominee. The nomination went to Neil Gorsuch.
Hatch was initially supported by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and later supported Florida Senator Marco Rubio after Bush ended his campaign. On May 12, 2016, after Donald Trump became Republican presidential candidate, Hatch supported him.
On May 27, 2016, after Trump suggested that federal judge Gonzalo P. Curiel was biased against Trump because of his Mexican heritage, Hatch said: "From what I know about Trump, he is not a racist, but he makes a lot of outrageous statements... I think you can criticize a judge but it should be done in a formal way "and said that Trump's statement was not so inappropriate that he would cancel his support.
On October 7, 2016, after the controversy by Donald Trump of Access Hollywood, Hatch described Trump's comments as "offensive and disgusting" and said that "There is no reason for such condescending behavior All women deserve to be treated with respect. " Hatch retained his support for Trump's candidacy.
On January 20, 2017, Hatch was absent from the Inaugural Day Celebration. The Hatch website commented, "Today, we observe the oldest tradition of democracy in the world: a peaceful transition of power. The change of guards from one president to another is a hallmark of our Republic. At the request of President Donald Trump I am honored to fulfill the replacement role of the appointed president during the inauguration. As much as I would like to participate in ceremonies and celebrations, I am honored to perform this important constitutional task, which ensures the continuity of government. "Hatch is kept in a safe location and kept secret during the Inauguration Day.
On December 25, 2017, the Salt Lake Tribune published an editorial entitled "Why Orrin Hatch is Utah of the Year." The newspaper describes the criteria for appointment as "Utahn of the Year" as "Utahn who, for the past 12 months, has done the most, has made the most news, has the greatest impact, for good or for ill." Editorial criticizes Hatch for his role in a reduction in the size of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, part of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, and "His lack of enhanced integrity from his unquenchable power hunger." In response to the editorial, Hatch sarcastically stated on Twitter that he was "grateful for this extraordinary Christmas honor from the Salt Lake Tribune."
Political position and sound
Anti-terrorism
In 1995, Hatch was the main character behind the Senate anti-terror bill, for most of the response to the Oklahoma City bombing. The elements of the bill are criticized by the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee on the grounds of civil liberties, especially the new limits imposed on habeas corpus in cases of capital.
As a senior member of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, Hatch also plays a role in the 2008 extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. He said, "This bipartisan bill will help defeat terrorism and keep America safe.No, the law is imperfect, but ensuring that the expansion of the judiciary to foreign intelligence meetings does not hamper our intelligence community."
Bailout
Hatch voted in favor of the 2008 law that established the Troubled Asset Assistance Program (TARP). In 2011, Hatch said that he "might make a mistake choosing for it", and also claimed "at the time, we were in real trouble and it seemed like we were ready for depression I believe we will be depressed." He voted against TARP updates in 2009, and the update was canceled by 10 votes in the Senate.
Hatch voted in favor of the 2008 Housing and Economic Recovery Act. The bill provides a $ 300 billion guarantee to guarantee mortgages and restore confidence in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
A balanced budget amendment
Hatch has been a longtime supporter of the United States Constitution amendment to require that the federal government's total expenditure for each fiscal year does not exceed total revenues.
During his time in the Senate, Hatch has sponsored a balanced budget amendment 17 times - 4 times as the main sponsor and 13 times as a joint sponsor. He also voted in favor of passing the Balanced Budget Amendment at least 9 times. Hatch's amendment passed the House of Representatives in 1997, but failed to pass the Senate by a two-thirds majority needed by a single vote to move in the states for ratification.
On January 26, 2011, Hatch introduced the S.J. Res. 3 - balanced budget amendments that:
- The mandate that total budget expenditures for each fiscal year do not exceed total income.
- Spend 20 percent of government expenditure on GDP.
- Require the president to send a balanced budget to Congress every fiscal year.
- It takes two-thirds of the votes in the House and the Senate at all sizes that raise taxes.
- Includes provisions that can be revoked if there is an official war statement, if the US is involved in a military conflict that poses a threat to national security, or if two-thirds of House and Senate members agree.
International Credit and Trading Bank
In January 1990, a federal judge in a case against Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) accepted a bargain of 1989 offered to the bank by the US Department of Justice. The bank paid a $ 15 million fine and admitted only that he had laundered the drug money. Afterwards, Hatch presented a defense against the bank in a speech on the Senate floor. It was mostly written for him by bank lawyer Robert Altman. Hatch said, "This case arises from the behavior of a small number of B.C.C.I. over 14,000 employees." Since 1989, Hatch and his assistant, Michael Pillsbury, have been involved in the fight against the negative publicity surrounding the bank. Hatch also asked the bank to approve a $ 10 million loan to a close friend, Mazur Hourani. In 1991, B.C.C.I. closed after the regulator accused him of being one of the largest international financial frauds in history. Law enforcement officials accused banks of bribing around the third world to arrange government deposits. Clark Clifford, former presidential adviser and Secretary of Defense, and Altman, his legal partner, are accused of taking bribes from B.C.C.I., in exchange for hiding the illegal possession of First American Bankshares, a Washington holding company headed by Clifford. Both denied the allegations, filed in New York State and Federal courts. In 1992, in a "Report to the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee," prepared by committee members, US Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Hank Brown (R-CO), noted that the main strategy "Successful BCCI secret acquisition of US banks in the face of regulatory suspicion is the aggressive use of a series of leading Americans, "Clifford among them. Relationships with Hourani included receipts of campaign contributions washed through his employees, for which Hourani was fined $ 10,000, as well as the purchase of 1,200 CDs of Hatch songs, of which Hatch received $ 3 to $ 7 each, and blind trust management for Hatch. This led to the investigation of the Senate Ethics Committee, where Hatch was finally cleared.
Energy
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Hatch has investigated the use of what is known as part 1603 grants and tax credits. Program Section 1603 was created in President Barack Obama's 2009 stimulus package with the aim of subsidizing green energy production. Since 2009, the federal government has provided $ 25 billion in cash grants on behalf of the program. Hatch has been investigating this program several times. On June 9, 2016, his office requested from the Ministry of Finance, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) details of how the company used the program. In March 2016, Hatch requested the IRS and the Treasury Department to show that agencies use security and coordinate with each other when reviewing applications for grant Section 1603. As of June letter to Finance Minister Jack Lew, agencies have cooperated with Hatch investigations.
Health care reform
Hatch opposes President Barack Obama's health reform law; he voted against Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act in December 2009, and he voted against the Health and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Hatch argues that the insurance mandates found in the law are not in a category that can be covered by a trade clause interstate for organizing decisions to engage in commercial activity rather than organizing the activity itself. Therefore he considered the law unconstitutional. NPR called the "flip-flopper" Hatch on this issue since 1993 Hatch co-sponsored a bill along with 19 other Republican Senates that included an individual's insurance mandate as a means to combat the health laws proposed by Hillary Clinton. In 2018, Hatch said that the Obamacare supporters were "the dumbest and dumbest people I've ever met".
Hatch was one of the first Senators to show that the individual's mandate was unconstitutional and promised to work on dismantling when he became Chairman of the Financial Committee. Hatch is part of a group of 13 Senators who compiled the AHCA Senate version behind closed doors.
Hatch also Introduced the American Freedom Recovery Act (S. 19 Congress 112). This will revoke the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that require individuals to maintain minimum essential health care coverage. He also co-sponsored the Save Save State Act (S. 281, 112th Congress), which will delay the implementation of health care reform legislation until there is a final resolution of a lawsuit against him.
In 2003, Hatch supported the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan known as Medicare Part D. Responding to criticism of the law during the 2009 debate on health care reform, Hatch said that in 2003 "it was a standard practice not to pay for things "and that despite concerns at the time about raising the deficit, supporting the bill was justified because" it has done many good things ".
On March 25, 2014, Hatch sponsored Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act 2014 in the Senate. Bill which will amend the Health Service Act to re-certify the Emergency Medical Services Program through FY2019. The bill will authorize the allocation of approximately $ 20 million in 2015 and $ 101 million over the period 2015-2019. Hatch argues that "children need special medical care, and that special treatment comes with a unique challenge.The EMSC program helps ensure that some of our most vulnerable countries have access to the care they need, and I am proud to support all of this. year. "
Immigration
Hatch is one of the architects and supporters of the H-1B visa extension and is generally a supporter of tight enforcement immigration policies including voting to 1,500 new law enforcement agencies for border patrols. Her 2010 Immigration Act titled Strengthening Our Commitment to Immigration Law and the American Security Act has received support from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). He also proposed the DREAM Act, which would give way to citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, who were children when their parents came to the United States.
Hatch criticized President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order to temporarily close seven Muslim countries in until a better screening method was made. He reflects on his family's own immigration history and describes the sequence as an "unnecessary burden" for the family.
Judicial nomination
As a minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Hatch fought hard to get a conservative judge submitted to the Supreme Court. He took a lead role in Senate confirmation hearing Clarence Thomas in October 1991. He was also a strong supporter of Jay Bybee during the unanimous confirmation hearing Bybee to sit in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, stating "I've seen many people around and many judges and I do not know anyone who has greater qualifications or greater legal ability than you. "
In 1993, Hatch recommended Ruth Bader Ginsburg to President Bill Clinton to fill vacancies in the US Supreme Court. Clinton had not previously considered Ginsburg and Hatch, as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, assuring him that Ginsburg's confirmation would go smoothly. Hatch knows Ginsburg and knows he is a political liberal.
With regard to the filial filings of the Senate used to stall the appointment of President Barack Obama's judiciary, Hatch voted against reforms in November 2013, eliminating the use of filibuster nominations for the executive branch and prospective judges other than to the Supreme Court. In September 2014, Hatch argued that the filibuster should be restored, saying: "We must return it to that place, you can see the devastation that has taken place around here." However, in November 2014, after Republicans regained Senate control after the 2014 election, Hatch wrote in The Wall Street Journal that "if the Republic reinstates the record of the judicial nomination, it will remain in place only until the moment that the vast majority of Democrats decided that disposing of the rules would again be useful "and called for" the next Republican president to counter Obama's aggressive efforts to build up federal courts supporting his party's ideological agenda "by conservative nominations of judges.
As opposed to Merrick Garland's confirmation, Hatch filed to Deseret News an opinion stating that, after meeting Garland, his opinion about blocking Garland has not changed; the piece was published before the Hatch meeting with Garland. On March 13, 2016, on the nomination of Supreme Court candidate by President Barack Obama, Orrin Hatch stated "a number of factors have led me to conclude that in the current situation the Senate should delay the confirmation process until the next president is inaugurated".
Intellectual property
Hatch has long been a supporter of the expansion of intellectual property rights, and introduced the Senate version of the Copyright Acknowledgment Act in 1997. Hatch believes intellectual property law should, in general, more closely reflect real property laws, and offer greater protection to authors and creators.
Hatch caused controversy last night on June 17, 2003 by proposing that copyright owners should be able to destroy computer equipment and information from those suspected of copyright infringement, including file sharing, he stated that "This may be the only way you can teach someone about copyright "In the face of criticism, especially from tech and privacy advocates, Hatch drew his advice a few days later, after it was discovered that Senator Hatch's official website was using unlicensed JavaScript menus from British-based software developer Milonic Solutions. Milonic founder Andy Woolley stated that "We have no contact with them they violate our license terms." Shortly after the publication of the story in Wired magazine, the company that runs the Hatch website contacted Milonic to begin enrollment.
One year later, he proposed a controversial INDUCE law that seeks to make all illegal tools that can be used for copyright infringement if the tool is deliberately used for illegal copyright infringement.
On September 20, 2010, Hatch again attempted to ban websites that could be used for trademark and copyright infringement through Combating Online Breaches and Counterfeiting Laws (COICA). The bill would authorize the US Department of Justice to blacklist and censor all websites deemed to be a department devoted to "infringing activity".
LGBT issues
The Salt Lake Tribune reported that in 1977, Hatch told students from the University of Utah, "I do not want to see homosexuals teaching school anymore than I would like to see members of the Nazi Party of America teaching schools." Hatch Defense of Marriage Act in 1996.
In 2012, Hatch recommended and supported District Court Judge Robert Shelby, a Barack Obama appointee, although Utah Senator Mike Lee voted against him on the Justice Committee. In 2013, Shelby canceled the Utah 3 Amendment ballot, which constitutionally defined marriage as between a man and a woman.
In April 2013, Hatch stated that he viewed same-sex marriage as "undermining the legal basis of marriage", but refused to support the Federal Marriage Amendment and supported the right of same-sex couples to form a civil union, stating that the law should "give gay people equal rights with a married person ". Later in the same year, Hatch voted in favor of the Uncertainty Act, a law that creates a protected class for those who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
Nuclear test
During Hatch's first year in the Senate in 1977, reporter Gordon Eliot White of Deseret News published the first of what would be a series of lengthy articles detailing government irregularities in testing the nuclear-bomb atmosphere at the Nevada Test Site. Over the next 13 years, White's articles detail how the government decided to continue testing, and with mining and purification, without adequate protection for innocent citizens whose health would be damaged. Although Hatch feared an investigation would jeopardize the country's nuclear deterrent versus the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, in 1979 he pushed for a hearing on the matter before the Senate Labor Committee. Hatch won in Committee Chairman Ted Kennedy for a hearing in Utah in 1980. By the end of 1980, Hatch was positioned as chairman of the committee itself.
In 1984, Hatch had held a dozen hearings, passed a law requiring a scientific inquiry into the injuries and had sought the help of the National Science Foundation and the National Cancer Institute, but was still unable to gather votes to get the bill. When a vote was obtained in the Senate in 1985 (as an amendment to the Bill to compensate the Pacific Islands for nuclear tests in the 1950s), it failed by a handful of voices. Hatch found clauses in the proposed Peace and Friendship Agreement with Kiribati and Tuvalu to pay at least $ 100 million to residents of the Marshall Islands for injuries similar to those of Utah, and Hatch took the hostage treaty. His grip on the treaty considerations finally got approval from the Reagan administration to agree not to oppose radiation compensation for Utah residents, but it still took another five years to get the bill through. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990 provides compensation for injured people affected by the radioactive impact of the tests.
Opioid crisis
Hatch introduces Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, narrowing the DEA's widespread authority to suspend drug "manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers". Hatch stated that the bill was also written to protect patients from disruptions in the production and delivery of their prescription drugs: "The fact that prescription drugs can be misused should not prevent patients from receiving the medication they need.This bill takes a balanced approach to the problem of prescription drug abuse by clarifying the penalty for making or disbursements outside of approved procedures while helping ensure that the supply chain for legitimate users remains intact ". The bill passed the Senate unanimously and Tom Marino gave the bill version in Parliament and signed by President Barack Obama.
Critics of the bill claimed that the new law triggered an opioid crisis by limiting the ability of the DEA to halt production and distribution by predatory drug companies. DEA Chief Judge Judge John J. Mulrooney II writes in the Marquette Law Review: "At a time when, by all accounts, the abuse of opioids, addictions and deaths rose sharply, the new law imposes dramatic reductions in agency authority. for DEA to suspend operations of drug companies for failing to comply with federal law. "Attorney General Donald Trump Jeff Sessions called the law" dubious "and joined 44 state prosecutors calling for" revocation or amendment of the law to restore some of the DEA's authority. " Jim Geldhof, a former DEA program manager who spent 43 years with DEA ​​called an "outrageous bill." It basically takes whatever action DEA will do with distributors or producers as far as the suspension is directly from the table and then another section that really makes me angry is a corrective action plan. "Mulrooney compares the corrective action plan with a plan that would" allow bank robbers to collect and return the inkstained money and agree not to rob the bank anymore - all before all those errors actually recognize errors and without consequences that can hinder behavior in the future. "
Hatch responded to a Washington Post investigation and 60 Minutes against the bill by writing a Washington Post opinion article calling for a "misleading" investigation and requesting "abandon conspiracy theories to Netflix". Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, co-sponsor of the senate bill, also defended the bill: "The bill was drafted in consultation with the DEA to offer better guidance for companies working safely and responsible for providing prescription drugs to pharmacies, and to promote more communication Republicat Pat Toomey expressed doubt that there was a conspiracy but still suggested to amend the bill: "I am a bit surprised that it was unanimously passed in both houses, signed by President Obama and did not get opposition from the DEA on It's not the way controversial legislation usually ends, but hey, if there's a problem, then we have to revisit them. "
Hatch received $ 177,000 in donations from the pharmaceutical industry while pushing bills through and has received $ 2,178,863 from the Pharmaceutical/Health Products industry from 1989-2014 in accordance with a request filed by the Federal Electoral Commission.
Privacy
By 2017, Hatch decides to prevent online privacy protection and telecommunications from taking effect.
Freedom of religion
Hatch is the lead author of the Land Use Law and Institutionalization of People of Religion, which protect the right of all religions to build church facilities on private property. In 2010, Hatch defended the right of private organizations to build a mosque in a private property in downtown Manhattan, citing this law and defending religious freedom.
Country sovereignty
Hatch co-sponsored the 10th Amendment Act (S. 4020), which would strengthen the rights of the state under the 10th Amendment. The bill would provide a special position for state officials in opposing the proposed legislation.
Hatch has opposed the power of the Federal government to designate land in state national monuments, believing that countries should be able to determine what land within the borders they are used for. Hatch co-sponsored the National Monument and Accountability Act Act of 2010 (S. 3660), which increased the requirements to be met before a national monument could be appointed.
Other issues
In 1980, Hatch spoke to support the resignation of the Fair Housing Act imposed by the Office of Equitable Housing and Opportunities. Acting on his mood in 1988, Congress ultimately chose to undermine the plaintiff's ability to prosecute cases of discriminatory treatment in housing. At the time of the 1988 Fair Amendment was being debated, he introduced a bill backed by the National Association of Realtors to severely limit who could file an anti-discrimination lawsuit and to make the trial a private matter.
In February 1998, after David Satcher was confirmed by the Senate for the US Surgeon General, President Clinton issued a statement thanking Hatch and several other senators "for their strong support for this highly qualified candidate."
In 1999, Hatch called for a federal investigation into violent video game producers, and proposed making an existing voluntary rating system for video games (ESRB) mandatory by federal law.
Hatch encourages legislation for Equal Opportunities to Regulate Amendments, which will amend Article 2, Part I, Clause 5 of the Constitution of the United States. This amendment will allow anyone who has been a US citizen for twenty years to seek a presidential or vice-presidential seat.
A supporter of stem cell research vows, Hatch was one of 58 senators who signed a letter addressed to President George W. Bush, calling for easing federal restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. In 2010, Hatch bills have been reauthorized which allows stem cells from umbilical straps to be used to find treatment options.
In 2011, Hatch was criticized for his comments showing that the rich have an unfair financial burden in the current tax system.
In June 2013, Hatch commented on the G8 proposal that tax authorities in the world's largest economy openly share information among themselves against tax evasion. The proposal has strong advice on how to make the company more transparent and the government more responsible for their tax policies. Hatch stated that transparency is always a good thing, but he wants to see the bill before providing any support.
By 2017, Hatch is one of 22 senators to sign a letter to President Donald Trump urging the President to withdraw from the Paris Treaty. According to the Responsive Political Center, Hatch has received more than $ 470,000 from oil, gas and coal since 2012.
Committees assignment
- Financial Committee (Chairman)
- As the Chair of the full committee, Hatch may serve as an officially ex officio member of all sub-committees that he or she is not yet a full member of.
- Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness
- Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy
- Committee on Justice
- Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights
- Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
- Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security
- Health, Education, Labor and Retirement Committee
- Children and Family Subcommittee
- Subcommittee on Occupational Safety and Workplace
- The Special Committee on Aging
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- Impeachment Court Committee on Articles against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. (Vice Chairman)
caucus membership
- Afterschool Caucus
Senator Judd Gregg's retirement in 2011 created a domino effect among high-profile Republics: Senator Jeff Sessions took his position as Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, so Senator Chuck Grassley took his place in the Justice Committee, and Hatch took the top spot of the Republican Place on the Committee Finance.
Lobbying the
Hatch's son, Scott Hatch was previously a registered partner and pioneer in Walker, Martin & amp; Hatch LLC, a Washington lobbying company. The company was formed in 2001 with Jack Martin, a helper staff for Hatch for six years, and H. Laird Walker, described as a close associate of senators. In March 2003, the Los Angeles Times reported that the company was formed with Hatch's personal encouragement and that he did not see any conflict of interest in working on issues involving his son's client. In 2009, The Washington Times reported that Hatch said "My son, Scott, does not lobby me or anyone in my office".
In March 2009, the Washington Times reported that the pharmaceutical industry, which benefited from Hatch's legislative efforts, had not previously reported connections to Hatch. In 2007, five pharmaceutical companies and major industry trade associations, Pharmaceutical Research and American Manufacturers (PhRMA), donated $ 172,500 to the Utah Family Foundation - a charitable foundation that Hatch aids began in the 1990s and has continued to support ever since. Walker, Martin & amp; Hatch LLC was paid $ 120,000 by PhRMA in 2007 to lobby Congress on pending US Food and Drug Administration laws.
Electoral history
Personal life
Hatch married Elaine Hansen on August 28, 1957. They were parents of six children.
Hatch is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although he was born in Pennsylvania, his parents grew up in Utah and he has an ancestor who is a member of the LDS Church in Nauvoo, Illinois. Hatch served as a Mormon missionary in the so-called "Great Lakes States Mission" basically covering most of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Hatch has since served in various positions in the LDS Church including as a bishop.
Hatch is the co-founder and co-chair of the Federalist Society, a conservative lawyer organization.
Hatch serves as a member of the board of directors of the Holocaust Memorial Museum of the United States.
Hatch gave Benny Zippel, an Italian immigrant serving as head of the Chabad-Lubavicher Synagogue in Utah a letter to be sent to the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1992 to recommend him to be granted a permanent resident status as a rabbi in Utah. This is not enough, and it takes Gordon B. Hinckley to link Zippel with Oscar McConkie III's lawyer to prevent the loss of his legal status in the US.
Musical career and movie appearance
Hatch plays piano, violin, and organ. Fueled by his interest in poetry, Hatch has written songs for many people. She co-wrote "Everything And More," sung by Billy Gilman. In addition to his work as a United States Senator, Hatch has received over $ 10,000 as an LDS music recording artist.
Hatch also has a history in art management. In the early 1970s he was the band's manager for the Mormon-themed folk group called the Free Agency. The Free Body is comprised of members of a previous Mormon group called Sons of Mosiah, formed when guitarist David Zandonatti and vocalist Ron McNeeley moved to Utah after their San Francisco-based Tripsichords Music Box group that was dissolved in 1971. The group also included Lynn Bryson and Alan Cherry.
The rock musician Frank Zappa invented the instrumental guitar entitled "Orrin Hatch On Skis," which appeared on his 1988 album, Guitar .
In March 1997 Orrin Hatch and Janice Kapp Perry jointly recorded a music album with Tree Music titled "My God Is Love". Then the album with Perry included "Come to Manger".
Hatch and Janice Kapp Perry also wrote the song "Heal Our Land", performed on the appointment of George W. Bush in January 2005.
Hatch appeared as himself in the Oscar-winning drama Steven Soderbergh Traffic , in a brief cameo in a scene set during a Washington D.C cocktail party. Soderbergh then performed one of Hatch's songs, Souls Along The Way, in his movie Oceany 12 as background music for a scene in the state of Hatch in Utah.
The likeness of Hatch is featured in Jack Gets in the Game's 30 Rock episode as one of Dr. Leo Spaceman.
In 2009, at the request of correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg, Hatch wrote the lyrics for the "Eight-Day Hanukkah", described by Goldberg as "hip hop song written by senior senator from Utah."
Despite their political differences, Hatch is an old friend of fellow senator Ted Kennedy, speaking at a memorial service and openly advising the Kennedy widow as Kennedy's successor in the Senate.
Hatch appeared in a scene in the park and recreation episode of Ms. Ludgate-Dwyer Goes to Washington with Cory Booker.
Write
- Orrin Hatch, Equal Rights Amendment: Myth and Reality , Savant Press (1983)
- Orrin Hatch, Higher Law: Understanding Christ's Teachings , Shadow Mountain (June 1995) ISBN 978-0-87579-896-7
- Orrin Hatch, Square Peg: Confessions of a Citizen Senator , Basic Book (October 15, 2002) ISBN 978-0-465-02867-2
Seeking autobiography illustrates the challenges of balancing home and professional life as a Senator, and recounting anecdotes from his campaign experience and some of his higher profile assignments in the Senate, such as Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas Hearings Confirmation. Ordin Hatch, Orrin Hatch, L.D.S. Mormon politician as Songwriter, interview text from Orrin Hatch by Phillip K. Bimstein, in Washington, DC, August 14, 2003, transcribed by Jonathan Murphy, New York City, American Music Center, 2003, without ISBN.
Hatch is also the author of several legal review articles.
Awards
Hatch has been awarded the following foreign awards:
- Commander of the Romanian Star Order, Romania (June 8, 2017)
See also
- Hatch-Waxman Act
- Internet Community Act Act
- Pirate Act
References
External links
- Senator Orrin Hatch official US Senate website
- Orrin Hatch in Curlie (based on DMOZ)
- Appearance in C-SPAN
- Biography at the Directory of Congressional Biographies of the United States
- Profile in Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Electoral Commission
- Rules are sponsored in the Library of Congress
- News and comments collected at The Salt Lake Tribune
- Profile at SourceWatch
- Orrin Hatch Paper, 1861
- Orrin Hatch, MSS 6057 at the Special Collection L. Tom Perry, Brigham Young University
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